The Velocette Club de France invite members of the Velocette Owners' Club to join them at their spring rally at Domaine de Roiffé, in the Loire Valley about 65 miles south of Le Mans, from 10 to 12 May 2019.

The VCF rallies have become increasingly popular in recent years and are a most enjoyable way to experience a little of the real France. You will be treated to excellent food, wine and entertainment and have the opportunity to ride your Velocette (or other pre-1971 British motorcycle) through some beautiful countryside on generally quiet roads.

For more information click here or contact Mike Williams - see PRO details in Fishtail

Further details of the VCF late summer rally, to be held, as last year, at the Abbaye de Belval (about 60 miles from Calais) on 6 to 8 September 2019, will follow later, but you might want to pencil the dates in your diary.

We have now moved the VOC regalia webshop to the main VOC website, you will be able to find it under the 'Regalia/Spares' tap on the home page. If you click onto the regalia page, you will now see all the club regalia items that were on the old website and you can browse through the shop. Ordering is the same as before, just add the items you would like and they will be added to your shopping cart. In the cart you can change the quantity if you need more that one of that particular item, then update your shopping cart. You will then be asked to fill in your details, making sure that you provide your full shipping address ie House number, Street, Village/Town, along with the Postcode and County. For overseas orders, please first select your Country from the drop down box and then fill in your postal address.

Payment for regalia is still through Paypal, where you can either use your Paypal account or just login in as a guest and pay using your credit/debit card.

The old site is still running while the new site is established and we know it is working as it should, however this will eventually be closed down. If you have any problems, then please get in touch through regalia@velocetteowners.com.

Our regular TT competitor, Tony Ainley, again represented the Velocette marque in the 2018 Manx Senior Classic TT and we look forward to reading Tony’s always entertaining account of the event in Fishtail.Dave Burrell, our other TT regular, was very unfortunately unable to qualify his Velocette owing to a combination of the need to rectify a machine fault and subsequent practice being curtailed by bad weather. This time around, we were also represented by Bill Swallow and his son Chris on a brace of Velocettes from New Zealand, described by Ivan Rhodes in his “Kiwis at the Manx” article in Fishtail 455.The Club is pleased to award Tony, Bill and Chris a contribution of £400 towards the huge expense of competing on the Island.

A total of nine Club Members competed with Velocette machines in the VMCC British Historic Racing (BHR) 2018 season, comprising Tony Ainley, Dave Burrell, Tony Green, Sam Page, Oliver Presswood, Sam Rhodes, Keith Riley, Grant Sellars and Kevin Thurston.All these Club Members qualify for the award of the Club’s donation of £40 for each of their collective total of 90 race starts, unsurprisingly slightly down on the record 2017 season of 117 starts.

The funding of the payments includes a substantial contribution from Veloce Spares Ltd.

The Club’s range of racing trophies is awarded to the most outstanding Velocette-mounted competitors over the BHR season, irrespective of whether or not they are Club Members.We are pleased to report that, this time around, all the winners were Club members.

The Dave Allcock Memorial Trophy is awarded on the basis of the highest points gained during the BHR season. The 2018 winner by a substantial margin is Tony Green, who campaigned a rigid MAC, racking up a total of 76 points.

The Arthur Lavington Trophy, awarded on the basis of the number of highest places achieved during the BHR season in the 500cc class, goes to Sam Rhodes, who raced Ivan’s MT600 to two wins and two second places.The Renee Rhodes Trophy, the 350cc equivalent of the Arthur Lavington, is taken by Tony Green, with his twelve podium places including three wins.

The Harold Willis Trophy is awarded to the most successful rider of a girder-forked machine who is not the winner of another Club trophy. The 2018 winner is Keith Riley, achieving ten podium places aboard his very quick and reliable MkII KSS.

Our grateful thanks, as always, to John Hannis for his help in compiling the analysis of the racing results.

The AGM on 14 April 2019 will include the presentation of the racing trophies and will provide an opportunity to recognise the dedication and achievements of all our racing members for the exposure they provide for the Club and for the Velocette marque.